Ulalu

The monumental, 26-foot-tall *Ulalu* sculpture has been on loan from Chinese-born, New York–based artist Mark di Suvero since 2016. Positioned on the street-front lawn and overlooking the Blue Ridge Corridor, the red-painted, stainless-steel artwork serves as a bright visual beacon that invites passersby to come and explore the Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park. Di Suvero has been creating large steel sculptures like *Ulalu* for more than five decades, employing the industrial tools of cutting, welding torches, and cranes to construct massive, architectural pieces of art out of steel I-beams. The improbable angles and sharp lines of his constructions, like giant 3-D drawings, activate the landscapes they are placed in with enormous, forceful, sweeping gestures. Di Suvero created *Ulalu* in 2001. Its dynamic geometry, powerful size, and expansive scale are the result of Di Suvero’s approach to his work. The artist has noted: “I don’t build small models or draw detailed plans first. I start with a vision, a dream of what I want to do, and see where it goes.” Another sculpture created by Di Suvero, just as large and awe-inspiring, and titled *No Fuss*, stands watch over an open field in the Park, waiting for those passersby who take *Ulalu* up on its invitation to enter.